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Philip Seymour Hoffman Movie Marathon

Saturday, February 22, 2014
10:00am Pacific Time
Venue: Nourse Theater

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Free event — NO TICKETS REQUIRED.

City Arts & Lectures will pay tribute to the late actor and director, Philip Seymour Hoffman, with free screenings of nine films.  Presented over the course of a weekend – Saturday February 22 and Sunday February 23 – the movie marathon will showcase some of Hoffman’s most memorable roles and his directorial debut.  The event is free and open to the public (no tickets required).   The back-to-back screenings (over nineteen hours playing over the course of two days) encourage people to remember, or perhaps see for the first time, Hoffman’s remarkable talents.  The selection testifies to his broad range, his sensitivity to character and story, and the subtlety and concentration Hoffman brought to some of cinema’s most complex characters.

          SATURDAY SCHEDULE

Magnolia – 10 AM (running time: 180 min)

Synecdoche, New York – 1:30 PM (124 min)

Jack Goes Boating – 4:00 PM (89 min)

The Master – 6:00 PM (144 min)

The Big Lebowski – 9:00 PM (117 min)

   SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Boogie Nights – 12 PM (155 min)

Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead – 3 PM   (117 min)

Owning Mahowny – 5:00 PM (104 min)

Capote – 7:00 PM (114 min)

About Philip Seymour Hoffman

As one of America’s most appreciated artists, Philip Seymour Hoffman inhabited a nearly impossible range of characters in more than 50 films and in numerous plays, both on and off Broadway.   The consummate character actor portrayed flawed, complicated, and lonely individuals with intelligence and depth.  His exceptional talent for subtlety and concentration compel many to call him an “actor’s actor,” but Hoffman impressed a much wider audience by bringing profound empathy to what might otherwise be dark or remote characters.  Hoffman won an Oscar for his stunning work in “Capote,” and showcased a capacity to transform himself and enliven a part in many other unforgettable roles in movies like “Boogie Nights,” “Happiness,” “The Savages,” “25th Hour,” and “The Master,” and on Broadway in “Death of A Salesman.”  In January 2006, City Arts & Lectures presented Hoffman in conversation with Roy Eisenhardt at Davies Symphony Hall.  The program was a benefit for New York’s LAByrinth Theater Company, a multi-cultural ensemble devoted to producing new works.  Hoffman was Artistic Director at the time.  City Arts & Lectures will re-broadcast that conversation Tuesday, February 11 at 8pm on KQED 88.5 FM.  Hoffman died on February 2, 2014 at the age of 46.